Smooth and glossy
The crossword clue "Smooth and glossy" is answered by SATINY, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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SATINY
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SATINY answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SATINY
Every other clue in this collection answered by SATINY, most used first.
- Lustrous - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Smooth as silk - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Smooth - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Smooth and shiny - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Few and far between - SPARSE, used 112 times
- Glossy fabric - SATEEN, used 66 times
- Up and about - ARISEN, used 53 times
- Leave high and dry - STRAND, used 52 times
- Spain and Portugal - IBERIA, used 51 times
- Wine and dine - REGALE, used 47 times
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